Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington has been described as Britain’s ‘most consistently popular female dramatist’ (The Guardian’). Her plays include BE MY BABY, which was originally produced by Soho Theatre and subsequently staged throughout the UK. LADIESDAY and its sequel LADIESDOWNUNDER (Hull Truck/UK Tours) are also widely performed. Her most recent plays KISS ME QUICKSTEP ran at the New Vic Theatre in 2016 before transferring to the Winter Garden in Eastbourne and MIGHTYATOMS which opened at Hull Truck in 2017.

Amanda has numerous writing credits for BBC Radio Four, including The Archers. Her 2016 drama D for Dexter won Best Series/Serial in the BBC Audio Drama Awards and the fifth series will be broadcast in November 2018.

Amanda began her writing career as a journalist for titles including New Statesman and Society and The Face. She has also written for television and was joint winner of the BBC2 Dennis Potter Award in 2001.